Transportation Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 10: Passenger Road Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Passenger Road Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 130.9   118.9 123.0 134.0 133.8 136.3 134.4 112.5 114.3

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 0.4   0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Natural Gas 0.5   0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Motor Gasoline 116.5   103.6 111.5 122.8 123.4 124.5 122.6 104.9 106.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 10.9   9.0 8.9 8.9 7.8 8.5 8.5 4.8 4.8
Ethanol n.a.   3.8 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 2.5   1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 2.1 2.0 1.5 1.7

Shares (%)
Electricity 0.3   0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Natural Gas 0.4   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Motor Gasoline 89.0   87.2 90.7 91.6 92.2 91.3 91.3 93.3 93.2
Diesel Fuel Oil 8.3   7.6 7.3 6.6 5.9 6.2 6.3 4.2 4.2
Ethanol n.a.   3.2 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.9   1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 62,886   62,065 64,170 69,844 71,106 71,990 71,629 60,915 62,545
Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.08   1.92 1.92 1.92 1.88 1.89 1.88 1.85 1.83
Passenger Road Transportation GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 9.2   7.9 8.2 9.0 8.9 9.1 9.0 7.8 7.9

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity –   – – – – – – – –
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motor Gasoline 8.2   6.9 7.5 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.2 7.4 7.5
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.8   0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3
Ethanol n.a.   0.3 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Shares (%)
Electricity –   – – – – – – – –
Natural Gas 0.3   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Motor Gasoline 89.6   87.5 91.0 91.9 92.6 91.7 91.6 94.1 94.1
Diesel Fuel Oil 8.5   8.1 7.7 7.1 6.3 6.6 6.7 4.4 4.3
Ethanol n.a.   3.2 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Propane 1.7   1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.0   66.8 66.8 66.9 66.8 66.8 66.8 69.5 69.5

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.

n.a. - Denotes data that is not applicable.
n.a. - Denotes data that is not available.